You Only Call When You’re in Trouble

　　「一本值得你愛，也會以愛回報你的書，你還等什麼！」《分手去旅行》作者安德魯‧西恩‧格利爾盛讚
　　「我想我今年找不到比這本更愛的書了！」紐時暢銷作家Jane Green
 
　　想要停止為人付出，為自己而活，你做得到嗎？
 
　　在用盡幾乎一輩子的時間，照顧自己妹妹和可愛的姪女後，湯姆終於決定把自己放在人生的第一順位上了。職業是建築師的湯姆，總算有機會著手進行自己的漚血之作。這天他突然接到一通電話：姪女希莉被捲入任職大學的性騷擾調查中，而她母親希望湯姆可以幫助她，告訴希莉生父的真實身份。
 
　　沒辦法，湯姆又如往常義無反顧地接下了這個責任。畢竟分手的前男友也說，或許姪女才是他生命中最重要的人。他和姪女踏上了一段旅程，這趟旅程將改變所有人的生活，也同時揭露在他們三人這個家庭中，將彼此緊緊綁在一起的那份羈絆，無論那個羈絆的真相是美麗，還是醜陋的⋯⋯(文／博客來外文館)

＂After a lifetime of kindly taking care of his irresistible but impossible sister and her wonderful daughter, Tom is finally ready to put himself first. Naturally, that’s when his phone rings. Tom does what he always does--answers the call. And therein lies either the beauty or dysfunction (or perhaps both) of the sometimes too-tight ties that bind families together＂--

Stephen McCauley is the author of seven previous novels, including national bestsellers My Ex-Life, The Object of My Affection, and Alternatives to Sex. Three of his books have been made into feature films. The New York Times Book Review dubbed McCauley ＂the secret love child of Edith Wharton and Woody Allen,＂ and he was named a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. His fiction, reviews, and articles have appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, Harper’s Magazine, Vogue, and many other publications. He currently serves as codirector of creative writing at Brandeis University.